Spying a twist in the Devyani Khobragade tale

The concept of “negative presumption” in law is best illustrated by an example that reads, “if a man and a woman of agreeable age lock themselves up in a stable, a court may presume that they are not there to pray”. Considering the extreme treatment meted out to India’s deputy consul-general in New York, Devyani Khobragade, one may presume that payment of wages to a maid was surely not the real issue.

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